Fri, 16 Apr 2010, 06:44 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Qualifying Notes, Session #2 |
By Bob Orme |
LAS VEGAS - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 11th annual SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time/top speed this round, position in order following run, best prior elapsed time/speed, and position in order prior to run:
Left Lane: Sean O'Bannon Runs 5.696/255.43, Now #1; No Prior Run
3:06 p.m. O'Bannon was a little to the right of the groove on the top half of the track.
Sean O'Bannon's incremental times: 60ft-0.967 sec., 330ft-2.545, 660ft-3.774/200.95 mph,
1,000ft-4.816.
Left Lane: Brian Thiel Runs 5.773/251.16, Now #3; Best prior run: 11.383/101.13, Was #20
Right Lane: Doug Gordon Runs 14.927/54.88, Now #21; Best prior run: 26.440/24.85, Was #21
Gordon lost traction right after the launch. A good looking pass for Thiel.
Brian
Thiel's incremental times: 60ft-0.981 sec., 330ft-2.579, 660ft-3.823/199.52 mph,
1,000ft-4.877.
Left Lane: Jessica Cherniack Runs 6.036/232.55, Now #14; Best prior run: 10.037/87.04, Was #20
Right Lane: Jay Payne Runs 5.795/251.02, Now #7; Best prior run: 9.775/87.50, Was #19
Payne was skating around a little. Cherniack left soft but still ran career best numbers.
Jessica Cherniack's incremental times: 60ft-1.091 sec., 330ft-2.708, 660ft-3.992/192.93
mph, 1,000ft-5.093.
Jay Payne's incremental times: 60ft-0.984 sec., 330ft-2.583,
660ft-3.837/198.70 mph, 1,000ft-4.899.
Left Lane: Ron August Jr. Runs 6.950/143.32, Now #18; Best prior run: 9.615/142.32, Was #20
Right Lane: Todd Veney Runs 5.770/251.86, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.490/214.28, Was #17
August's performance was way off pace, but both drivers went straight down the groove.
Ron August Jr.'s incremental times: 60ft-0.995 sec., 330ft-2.584, 660ft-3.972/160.50 mph,
1,000ft-5.464.
Left Lane: Mark Woznichak No Time, Now #20; Best prior run: 8.785/114.44, Was #20
Right Lane: Charles McLaws Runs 15.321/84.71, Now #16; Best prior run: 6.365/222.03, Was #16
McLaws was off the throttle at about 100 feet. Woznichak must have broken something on the hit as his car lurched off the line and came to a stop just past the tree.
Left Lane: Daniel Oliver Runs 5.663/252.33, Now #1; Best prior run: 7.283/136.62, Was #19
Right Lane: Larry Miner Runs 5.881/247.47, Now #13; Best prior run: 6.015/225.11, Was #13
A good looking pass for both drivers.
Daniel Oliver's incremental times: 60ft-0.955
sec., 330ft-2.499, 660ft-3.725/202.36 mph, 1,000ft-4.774.
Larry Miner's incremental times:
60ft-0.992 sec., 330ft-2.618, 660ft-3.892/194.88 mph, 1,000ft-4.971.
Left Lane: Sean Bellemeur Runs 7.101/139.53, Now #18; Best prior run: 6.432/178.12, Was #18
Right Lane: Rob Atchison Runs 5.789/249.90, Now #8; Best prior run: 5.808/250.78, Was #11
Bellemeur never got up to full power. No problems for Atchison.
Left Lane: Shane Westerfield Runs 18.209/51.28, Now #15; Best prior run: 6.024/244.16, Was #15
Right Lane: Keeter Ray Runs 5.787/248.75, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.807/249.49, Was #11
Westerfield was up in smoke on the hit. Ray was bouncing around in the middle section of the track.
Keeter Ray's incremental times: 60ft-0.991 sec., 330ft-2.572, 660ft-3.819/198.41
mph, 1,000ft-4.884.
Left Lane: Tony Bartone Runs 5.687/253.66, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.966/246.30, Was #14
Right Lane: Steve Gasparrelli Runs 5.757/253.56, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.788/253.33, Was #8
This is Bartone's 143rd national event start in an alcohol car. He has started on the top half of the ladder 77 times. This is Gasparrelli's 100th national event start if he makes the field. A good looking pass for both drivers.
Tony Bartone's incremental times: 60ft-0.967 sec.,
330ft-2.532, 660ft-3.756/202.55 mph, 1,000ft-4.801.
Steve Gasparrelli's incremental times:
60ft-0.985 sec., 330ft-2.573, 660ft-3.815/200.62 mph, 1,000ft-4.869.
Left Lane: Ken Webster Runs 6.684/145.11, Now #13; Best prior run: 5.850/249.76, Was #13
Right Lane: Brian Hough Runs 5.774/249.49, Now #8; Best prior run: 5.784/250.13, Was #8
Webster was all over his lane. No problems for Hough.
Brian Hough's incremental
times: 60ft-0.985 sec., 330ft-2.558, 660ft-3.808/198.64 mph, 1,000ft-4.873.
Left Lane: John Lombardo Jr. Runs 5.752/250.32, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.793/240.00, Was #11
Right Lane: Clint Thompson Runs 5.679/255.92, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.762/254.38, Was #5
A good looking drag race!
John Lombardo Jr.'s incremental times: 60ft-0.970 sec.,
330ft-2.553, 660ft-3.795/199.35 mph, 1,000ft-4.854.
Clint Thompson's incremental times:
60ft-0.979 sec., 330ft-2.545, 660ft-3.764/203.86 mph, 1,000ft-4.800.
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